MLS

LAFC vs New York Red Bulls, 2022 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
  • 67': Cristian Arango
  • 70': Diego Palacios
FT
2 - 0

Arango, Palacios score in LAFC's 2-0 victory over Red Bulls

— Cristian Arango and Diego Palacios scored three minutes apart in the second half as Los Angeles FC pulled away for a 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Latif Blessing.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by John Tolkin following a corner.
  • 3': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 3': Omir Fernandez (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 5': Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Thomas Edwards (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 6': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
  • 9': Foul by Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls).
  • 9': Franco Escobar (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Dylan Nealis (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Frankie Amaya with a cross.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Frankie Amaya (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 12': Foul by Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls).
  • 12': Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes tries a through ball, but Brian Rodríguez is caught offside.
  • 18': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Franco Escobar (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
  • 22': Foul by Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls).
  • 22': Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Attempt missed. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Brian Rodríguez.
  • 26': Hand ball by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 27': Attempt saved. John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Edwards.
  • 29': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Dylan Nealis.
  • 30': Hand ball by Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls).
  • 30': Attempt blocked. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 33': Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 34': Attempt saved. Thomas Edwards (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
  • 36': Dylan Nealis (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 36': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 39': Attempt missed. Tom Barlow (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dylan Nealis.
  • 40': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Lewis Morgan.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross following a corner.
  • 44': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 44': Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
  • 45'+1': Hand ball by Tom Barlow (New York Red Bulls).
  • 45'+2': Foul by Dylan Nealis (New York Red Bulls).
  • 45'+2': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Dylan Nealis (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 0, New York Red Bulls 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Los Angeles Football Club 0, New York Red Bulls 0.
  • 45': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Dru Yearwood replaces Omir Fernandez.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Tolkin with a cross.
  • 48': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Thomas Edwards (New York Red Bulls).
  • 51': Foul by Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls).
  • 51': Sebastien Ibeagha (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
  • 60': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Ilie Sánchez tries a through ball, but Latif Blessing is caught offside.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Tolkin.
  • 63': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Cristian Arango replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
  • 64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kellyn Acosta replaces Latif Blessing.
  • 64': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Cameron Harper replaces Frankie Amaya.
  • 65': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Maxime Crépeau.
  • 67': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, New York Red Bulls 0. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a through ball.
  • 69': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 70': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, New York Red Bulls 0. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brian Rodríguez following a fast break.
  • 72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Franco Escobar.
  • 72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Danny Musovski replaces Brian Rodríguez.
  • 73': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls).
  • 73': Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Foul by Dru Yearwood (New York Red Bulls).
  • 74': Attempt saved. Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 74': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Maxime Crépeau.
  • 75': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Kellyn Acosta.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Patryk Klimala (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 76': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Zach Ryan replaces Tom Barlow.
  • 79': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 81': Attempt missed. John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dru Yearwood.
  • 82': Hand ball by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 82': Foul by Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 82': Thomas Edwards (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 83': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Francisco Ginella replaces José Cifuentes.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Zach Ryan (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Edwards with a cross.
  • 87': Zach Ryan (New York Red Bulls) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
  • 87': Cristian Cásseres Jr. (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Foul by Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Thomas Edwards (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Cásseres Jr..
  • 89': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Dru Yearwood.
  • 90': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls).
  • 90'+1': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Serge Ngoma replaces Thomas Edwards.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 2, New York Red Bulls 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Los Angeles Football Club 2, New York Red Bulls 0.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
10 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 4
46.1 Possession 53.9
16 SHOTS 12
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
201 Accurate Passes 282
315 Passes 383
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.7
4 Accurate Crosses 1
20 Crosses 10
0.2 Cross % 0.1
62 Long Balls 63
21 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 15
23 Tackles 20
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 9
17 Effective Clearances 30
17 Clearances 30

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: BMO Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 22,077

MLS Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Atlanta United FC 0 0 0
2 CF Montréal 0 0 0
3 Charlotte FC 0 0 0
4 Chicago Fire FC 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LAFC LAFC (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Maxime Crépeau (GK)
25 Sebastien Ibeagha
3 Jesús Murillo
12 Diego Palacios
2 Franco Escobar
6 Ilie Sánchez
11 José Cifuentes
7 Latif Blessing
10 Carlos Vela
17 Brian Rodríguez
22 Kwadwo Opoku

NY New York Red Bulls (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Carlos Coronel (GK)
15 Sean Nealis
12 Dylan Nealis Yellow Card
7 Thomas Edwards
23 Cristian Cásseres Jr.
8 Frankie Amaya
21 Omir Fernández
47 John Tolkin
10 Lewis Morgan
9 Patryk Klimala
74 Tom Barlow

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